Pamela Cox became the World Bank's Vice President for the Latin American and the Caribbean Region on January 1, 2005. She is a development economist and has held management positions in various countries and regions since joining the Bank in 1980. During the early years of her career in the Bank, Ms.Cox was an economist working on agricultural and environmental issues in the units for South Asia and Latin America. In the Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Pamela Cox was a senior economist in the Agriculture Division (1985-87), where she worked primarily with Brazil.

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Financial Crisis Assistance to El Salvador

The World Bank has committed an additional $250 million to President Mauricio Funes' government to help it weather the financial crisis. Story

Renewed Support for Central America

The World Bank's Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Pamela Cox, met with Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias during a recent visit to Central America. Story

A Call to Improve Road Safety in Latin America
"The costof this catastrophe is too high for developing countries given that, unlike many other challenges that we face, road accidents are preventable", said Pamela Cox at the Iberoamerican Road Safety Forum. Story

Reinforcing the role of Financial Institutions

The World Bank’s Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Pamela Cox, called for a coordinated response to the crisis by International Financial Institutions at the Ibero American Finance Ministers Forum in Portugal. Speech